A fairly ordinary girl with an extraordinary love of life and words. I really can’t shut my brain off to what is wonderful and wonderous all around me. Friendly (most of the time), except at four in the morning when I wake up (and even then I’m generally affable), intensely curious, and trying to find a home for my YA novel. Any questions or just want to say ‘hi’ go ahead and drop me a note at heatherzundel [at] gmail [dot] com. I’d love hearing from you.

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Alright, I know anyone who is reading this blog this week is waiting for my answer of whether or not there will be another YA Fantasy Showdown. That is coming tomorrow, I promise.

But if you have to wait, this is a pretty good day to wait, because it is time for a contest.

I was so dumbfounded by the response to the showdown. You guys really were the ones that made it so incredible (did you realize there were 33,000 hits the first day alone?). I could not stop reading the comments you left because you guys were just so awesome. I was humbled and in awe, really. And I would like to give a fraction of my gratitude back to you, if I can. So here's the deal:

I'm giving away one of those books.

The winner will get to pick a book from the tournament that they'd never heard before but are now curious about/itching to read. I'll buy it and lickety-split it over to you. :)

So what will it be?

The cool, soul-tormented Daniel?

The mysterious, but often hilarious shape-shifter Goranu?

The fashionable, nine-lived sorcerer, Christopher Chant?

The insanely powerful but oh-so-awesome Katsa or Alanna?

The pale-skinned girl who can travel into death, Sabriel?

The girl who loves food and can throw herself into other's spirits, Ai Ling?

The unicorn killer (evil unicorns, mind you), Astrid?

The Viking girl with a foul mouth and an axe to match, Thorgil?

Or perhaps you just want to find out who this mysterious winner is, Eugenides.

All you have to do to enter is... tell me which book you want. No strings, no "must follow, must tell people" bits. That isn't what this is about. I love stories. And I love sharing great stories with people. That is why I did the showdown in the first place. Sure it was to celebrate Mockingjay and because I was going stir crazy waiting for it to come, but more than that, it was for the worlds undiscovered and the hopes someone might find something new and marvelous they hadn't known existed before. I love that, and I love sharing it.

So fire away. Tell me which book you want if you win (and a way to contact you, preferably. I'll post the winner, but in case you miss that day). Happy hunting, and I hope you find some place wonderful along the way.

Contest runs through September 25th (2010) at, oh for old time's sake, 9:00 PM EST. :) Thanks everyone, for making this whole thing such a joy to do!

EDIT: You can choose ANY book from the tournament. These were just a sampling to get your juices going. :) Good luck, everyone!

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I would want The Thief. Although I had heard of an voted for Eugenides, I never thought he'd win! I am so happy he did! I only have the audiobook--I would like the book so I can re-read it sometime soon!

Thanks for the awesome Showdown and contest!! I hadn't heard of most of these and I kind of want to read them all. Mostly I want to read Howl’s Moving Castle or Queen's Thief. Probably because I heard most about them. I'm not sure which to pick. If I win would you choose for me? :) chickenherder@hotmail.com

I would love The Thief because I love reading about thieves, and I onestly hadn't heard about it, whith surprises me, so I thank the Showdown for pointing my attention to it. I would also love to have it, because, since I am moving to another country (from Denmark to England) in about a week, I really need a good book for when I get homesick, whith I am sure to be (at least at some point).

GRACELING! Because my sister (LadyDvora who commented above) keeps telling me I have to read it and telling me all the best parts while still trying not to give anything important away story-wise.Believe me, it's very annoying;-) So I guess should just read it for myself!

I've wanted to read Silver Phoenix since it came out! Although after looking into this contest, I realized I kinda want to read all the books I haven't read yet (about half the list approximately!) Thanks for the tourney and the contest!Liz E.reddjena05ATyahooDOTcom

I would want The Thief. I had never heard about it, but apparently, it's epically awesome, because Eugenides won! Well, thanks so much for the amazing Showdown and the great contest!everyoneluvssagwas@yahoo.com

I really want howl's moving castle. Howl did so well in the contest, I mean he beat katsa for crying out loud. If a book has that many people who love it that much it has to be well worth the read. Besides that, That book has been on my reading list for a while now, it's just a matter of finally purchasing it with my college funds.I also wanted to say thank you for this tournament. I got so excited over it, I spent a ridiculous amount of time watching the votes and talking to people about it who couldn't care less. Thank you for taking the time to bring all our favorite characters into existence.

Thank you all so much for your sweet and thoughtful comments. I really appreciate them.

And your choices have been wonderful so far! I hope it is not too corny to say I wish all of you could win (I wish I had enough money to buy you all a book).

And who knows, I may add my thoughts about Mockingjay. I wasn't planning on it since my blog is focused on finding great unknown literature (it is my mission as a superhero as WriterGirl, you know), but... we'll see. ;) I do love it so.

I have read the first book Gone and I would liek to read the second. Mocking Jay just came into the school library a week ago and I have already reserved it before it arived. I read the hunger games because of the YA Fantasy showdown. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for doing it! I always liked imagining how it would be like if characters from diffrent books came together and the shodown made my dreams come true.

If I won (which would happen in an alternate universe =P), I would LOVE to read Howl's Moving Castle! His personality really intrigues me in all of the "battles" that I've read on YA Fantasy Showdown. And I'd like to learn more about this Sophie!